The Malta National Aquarium…Educational Outing

Posted on April 2, 2014 by mgarrprimary

On Monday 17^th March 2014 the two Year 5 classes visited the Malta National Aquarium in Qawra. It was an extraordinary experience walking around the passageways of this virtual underwater environment whilst admiring the various species of fish and other marine life so skilfully gathered in this one place. The children could hardly contain their excitement as they pointed towards one creature or another, some familiar by name or by sight, others totally exotic. What a wonderful way to learn to appreciate what nature has to offer!

Dr Simone Micallef, Yr 5.1

Birgu & Marsaxlokk educational outing

Posted on March 7, 2014 by mgarrprimary

On Friday 21^st February 2014 the two Year 5 classes went to visit two important places in the south of Malta: the old city of Birgu and Marsaxlokk fishing village.

In Birgu they toured the characteristic narrow streets and identified a number of historical buildings and monuments. They visited the Inquisitor’s Palace (where there was some filming taking place) and then walked along the waterfront up to Fort St. Angelo, while admiring the beautiful yachts berthed at the Yacht Marina.

In Marsaxlokk they could observe the various fishing boats and nets from up close, while some pupils took the opportunity to speak with a few of the fishermen and women who were busy at their work.

In both places we could notice a good number of tourists enjoying Malta’s sights or savouring a tasty meal at one of the numerous restaurants we encountered on our path. Delicious!

Dr Micallef yr 5.1

Science and Technolgy Project Yr 5 and Yr 6

Posted on January 21, 2014 by mgarrprimary

The year 5 and year 6 students have been busy during the past science lessons. The students were given a task to build a crane which could raise and lower a load. The load had to be raised or lowered by 50 cm.

The students were not allowed to use metal objects (except for the hook of the crane). They were allowed to use cardboard boxes. Students were divided into groups and had to design their own crane, build it, make a suitable base to keep the crane steady (e.g. by using stones, wood, etc.) and they had to test out their crane.

The students enjoyed doing their projects while enhancing team building skills. Well done to all 🙂

Dogs Trusts Class Visits

Posted on November 19, 2013 by mgarrprimary

At Dogs Trust’s teachers have a passion for animal welfare and a natural tendency to educate others about animal welfare.

Today, 19th November 2013, our students from year 1 to year 6 had a fun, exciting and educational workshop to help them to learn more about caring for dogs, responsible dog ownership and how to stay safe around dogs.

The students had the opporutnity to learn more about dogs through different interactive and experiential learning activities including brainstorming, role play, debates and discussions, group working, story telling and drama elements.

Dogs Trust believes that by educating the dog owners of tomorrow we can help to reduce the number of abandoned, stray and unwanted dogs in the future, and also have a healthier and happier society.

You may wish to take at the Dogs Trust website on www.dogstrustmalta.com. Students may find loads of activities and resources free to download on http://learnwithdogs.co.uk.

The school would like to take the opportunity to thank all the students and families who donated food for dogs. Your lunch will surely be enjoyed by our canine cmpanions 😉 The food has been donated to Noah’s Ark – Mellieħa. You may click on this link Thank You Letter to read the thank you letter sent by the management of Noah’s Ark Sanctuary, Malta.

Special Assemblies

Posted on November 10, 2013 by mgarrprimary

Morning assemblies are an important part of the daily schedule in every educational institution. This gives the students, teachers and senior management team time to communicate, pray and learn together. Every class will be preparing special assemblies throughout the scholastic year.

So far we had three special assemblies. The first one was prepared by Ms Borg and her year 6.1 students. During this assembly the students spoke to us about the importance of diversity. Each and every one of us has special qualities and talents, irrespective of their background.

Another assembly was prepared by the year 5.2 class of Ms Micallef. Her students role played a situation where one of the students was not allowed to play football with his team mates. Through this experience students were made aware of the injustice of bullying.

The year 4.2 class of Ms Said prepared a very active special assembly. All students were invited to dance the morning away through zumba, after being given a brief history of the origins of this dance.

Well done to all 😉

Skills Celebration Day (Jum iċ-Ċelebrazzjoni tal-Ħiliet) – 15/05/2013 – Year 5

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Performance of “Iljieli Għarbin” (Arabian Nights) by Year 5 students:

Arabian Nights is a collections of stories that were written by a number of different authors along the centuries. It is said that most of these stories originated from Persia and India and later on other stories from the Middle East, Egypt and China were added to the collection. These stories used to be narrated by traders during their voyages to China to purchase silk.

The students of year 5 gave a great rendition of three popular stories, namely, Aladdin and the Magic Lamp, The Enchanted Horse and Ali Baba, but they did not tell the audience how the stories end in order to encourage them to read the stories themselves! Dr. Simone Micallef, their teacher, was the mastermind behind this performance.

Let’s Blog!

Posted on June 4, 2009 by mgarrprimary

The children of Year 5 and Year 6, together with their teachers, have been learning all about WordPress Blogs, and have learned how to upload simple posts.

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